Captain Atom: Armageddon Vol 1 3
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Here, normal people, even normal people with the word president in front of their name... well, they really don't count for too much in the grand scheme of things. Here... we answer to a higher authority. 
- -- The President, to Captain Atom
Appearing in "Power Struggle"
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Synopsis for "Power Struggle"
At the moment of Captain Atom's arrival, the President, inside the White House's Oval Office, shockingly receive a call from the joint chiefs that they have launched a tactical nuclear missile on Captain Atom as a "only chance to save America" despite everyone's close proximity including the President. Once the missile hit Captain Atom, Atom absorb the explosion leaving everyone and anything alive and intact. Atom then teleport himself inside the Oval Office and tells the President that they "need to talk". After a secret service agent shoots Atom and accidentally shoot himself unconscious from a ricochet bullet, Atom formally informs himself of his problems to the President and require his and his government's help. The President explicitly reply that he doesn't have the potential in helping Atom returning back to his world and furthermore explaining that in this world that normal human beings (including with the title "president") don't have the "authority" and power to do anything and that superpowered beings are the ones with the "authority" to "decide who lives and who dies".
In the New York City streets, Nikola Hanssen suspects to Cole Cash that he is lying to her of being from "meta-human compensation affairs". Cole (relaxingly) tries to explain to her that she is becoming a superhero, in which Nikola suddenly levitate for a moment. Cole then takes Nikola to a deserted alley and explains to her of possessing the Void entity and furthermore inspecting her pierce right hand of carrying the Void signature.
Back at the White House, Captain Atom steps outside of the building's front lawn and disturbingly learns in everything from the President that in this world normal people are absolutely rule over by and fear of "superheroes". Atom is then tracked and met again by Mister Majestic. Upon seeing him, Atom angrily attacks Majestic and blames him and others like him for allowing people to be fear by their own "heroes". Majestic grabs Atom by the throat and tells him that he and others done what is the "best thing" for humanity, in which Atom rebutted back by spitting on Majestic's face. Angered, Majestic then throws Atom into the Washington Monument causing it's pinnacle to collapse. After Atom recovers and is shock of what Majestic done to the monument, the later assure Atom that his nanobots will repair the monument and explain to him of his apparent threat to the Wildstorm universe.
Meanwhile, Cole has taken Nikola to a diner and contacts the WildC.A.T.s of their situation. Maul inform back that they have tracked Captain Atom in Washington D.C. and have witnessed him fighting against Majestic and the eventual damage to the Washington Monument from afar.
At dawn, Majestic have fully explain to Atom of destroying the universe. Furthermore, according to Majestic's Kheran difference engine, the only way to save the universe is that Captain Atom must take his own life to do so. Overwhelmed, Atom is unsure if Majestic's machine is accurate of his eventual threat and suggest of utilizing the Pentagon's supercomputers, and which he departs again from Majestic. Having traveled to the Pentagon, and surprising a military personnel, Atom use his power to calculate the Pentagon's computers and discover that Majestic was right. Even worse, if Atom were to die the universe will still be destroyed. After using the computers, Atom somberly apologize to the personnel.
Atom then return to the Washington Monument, seeing Majestic's nanobots repairing the monument, and wonders of preventing his destruction to the universe. He is then 'greeted' by the WildC.A.T.s who are prepare to battle him.
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Trivia
- The diner that Cole and Hanssen are in resembles to the painting Nighthawks.
See Also
- Discuss Captain Atom: Armageddon Vol 1 3 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Captain Atom: Armageddon series
Recommended Reading
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